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Frederick John Melville. Chats on Postage Stamps
Chats on Postage Stamps
Table of Contents
I. THE. GENESIS. OF THE. POST
II. THE. DEVELOPMENT. OF AN. IDEA
III. SOME. EARLY. PIONEERS. OF. PHILATELY
IV. ON. FORMING A. COLLECTION
V. THE. SCOPE OF. A MODERN. COLLECTION
VI. ON LIMITING. A COLLECTION
VII. STAMP- COLLECTING. AS AN. INVESTMENT
VIII. FORGERIES, FAKES, AND. FANCIES
IX. FAMOUS. COLLECTIONS
X. ROYAL AND. NATIONAL. COLLECTIONS
A SHORT. BIBLIOGRAPHY. OF. PHILATELY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GENERAL HANDBOOKS
GENERAL CATALOGUE (NOT PRICED)
GENERAL CATALOGUES (PRICED)
COLLECTIONS
SPECIAL HANDBOOKS
INDEX
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Frederick John Melville
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"On the address-side is no date stamp, and no indication of the office of departure; also the figures denoting the year are only discernible on the seal of each letter. On the specimens hitherto found are the dates from 1794 to 1809; but it is quite possible that other values may be unearthed. So far, of all the above values together, only about thirty specimens are known. … These envelopes came from various places in the Dutch Indian Archipelago."
THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF DECEMBER 3, 1818, RELATING TO THE USE OF THE SARDINIAN LETTER SHEETS.
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